Kumada catalyst‐transfer polycondensation (KCTP) is a new but rapidly developing method
with great potential for the preparation of well‐defined conjugated polymers (CPs). The …

Chain‐growth polymerization of aromatic building blocks (termed catalyst‐transfer
polycondensation or CTP) has emerged as a powerful method for the controlled synthesis of …

Reaction path finding and transition state (TS) searching are important tasks in
computational chemistry. Methods that seek to optimize an evenly distributed set of …

The recent discovery of a living, controlled chain-growth method for synthesizing π-
conjugated polymers has ignited the field and led to the development of many new …

The development of high-carbon-content polymers for optoelectronics is an area of intense
research; however, carbon-rich materials have certain limitations that arise from their …

Nickel-catalyzed chain-growth copolymerizations of thiophene and selenophene derivatives
afforded well-defined π-conjugated copolymers with narrow molecular weight distributions …

The synthesis and characterization of a series of poly (3-alkyltellurophene) s are described.
Polymers are prepared by both electrochemical and Kumada catalyst transfer …

This article features recent advances in the synthesis of conjugated polymers via a
controlled polymerization. These polymerizations typically rely on transition metal catalyzed …

Periodic π-conjugated polymers of the group 16 heterocycles (furan, thiophene, and
selenophene) were synthesized with controlled chain lengths and relatively low dispersities …

The role of ligand-based steric effects was investigated in the polymerization of 4-bromo-2, 5-
bis (hexyloxy) phenylmagnesium chloride. Three different Ni (LL) Cl2 catalysts were …